Power strip caused fire that destroyed historic court
by Associated Press Published: January 18,2013
Tags: courthouse, culture, destroy, destruction, disaster, electricity, emergency, fire, Heritage, historic, history, investigate, investigation, investigator, power strip, short
WALTHALL — Authorities say a predawn fire that gutted the Webster County courthouse in Walthall was caused by an electrical short. Sheriff Tim Mitchell told supervisors an investigation showed yesterday’s predawn fire started when a power strip in a first-floor office on the southwest corner of the building shorted out. Mitchell says the fire marshal’s [...] [...]
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